HOW TO: Install Office 07 on Intrepid

[linnuxnub]

I ran into many problems trying to install Microsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu 8.10, and quite frankly Open Office doesn't cut it for me.

It used to be that installing Office 07 on Ubuntu with wine was a large inconvenience, since you had to configure windows dll's and such.

This is how I installed Office, it is really simple to do. Make sure wine is not installed, and that the wine repository is disabled in your software sources.

Step 1:
Install Wine 1.1.16 from the old .deb archive (http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html)

Step 2:
Type

winecfg

in a terminal and make sure the Windows version is set to XP (I believe it is the default but just to make sure)

Step 3:
Run your Office setup in wine.
Using the command line, cd to the directory where your Office setup files are and run:

wine setup.exe

Using the GUI: Navigate to your Office setup files, right click on the setup.exe file and choose open with "wine windows program loader."

Step 4:
Click customize in the setup window and disable any features you do not want, and change any settings (name, organization, etc.), then click install.

Step 5:
Once the installation is complete close the window, and navigate to /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Office/Office12 and run any office programs to test (WINWORD.EXE, EXCEL.EXE, POWERPNT.EXE, MSPUB.EXE, etc.).

Step 6:
Re-enable the wine repository (steps to install repository here: http://www.winehq.org/download/deb), and update wine to the latest version.

Step 7:
Type

winecfg

in a terminal, then go to the libraries tab. In the "Add new override for library" box type "riched20" (no ") and click add, then click edit and make sure it is set to "native then built in".



That's it, I told you it was easy. Now just create links to these executables for easy access. Type this in the command box when making links to wine programs

wine "/pathtoexecutable/"

(replace "pathtoexecutable" with a valid file path).

[kamitsukai]

Thank you that was most helpful =] Unfortunately I still an error when installing office 2007 on 64 bit Ubuntu 8.10...

***EDIT***
Sorted now after I'd removed my old wine install I hadn't removed the ".Wine" folder in my home directory before downgrading, but it all works fine now on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid 64-bit

[msfz751]

Thank you, thank you very much for the tip.
Now I can run Office 2007 without the need to open a XP virtual machine.
Flawless installation on 64-bit AMD-3800 Ubuntu Intrepid.
Office runs much, much faster than in virtualized mode.
The WINE guys have made an awesome job.

[kamitsukai]

Thank you, thank you very much for the tip.
Now I can run Office 2007 without the need to open a XP virtual machine.
Flawless installation on 64-bit AMD-3800 Ubuntu Intrepid.
Office runs much, much faster than in virtualized mode.
The WINE guys have made an awesome job.

Agreed they've done a great job although you still can't copy and paste images from Firefox! my one and only moan

[se2131]

Very nice! Unfortunately OneNote 2007 still doesn't work with this (which everyone in my class uses extensively), but great tutorial nonetheless!

[john770g]

Many thanks linnuxnub for the How-To. Much easier than the DLL gaggle I've had to use previously.

Installed Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 2k7 on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) following post 1 verbatim. Word and Excel were working right off the bat, however PowerPoint was hanging on launch.

The fix:

1. Launch Wine Configuration (Applications/Wine/Configure Wine)
2. Libraries tab: Select 'riched20' from the 'New Override for Library' drop-down menu. Click add.
3. Highlight 'riched20 (native,builtin) from the existing overrides list. Click edit.
4. Select the radio button entitled 'Native (Windows)'. Hit OK.
5. Hit 'OK' to exit 'Wine Configuration'.

Powerpoint should now work - worked for me.

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[lastrite]

Worked perfectly, thank you!

[StormRoBoT2]

Many thanks linnuxnub for the How-To. Much easier than the DLL gaggle I've had to use previously.

Installed Word, Excel, and Powerpoint 2k7 on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) following post 1 verbatim. Word and Excel were working right off the bat, however PowerPoint was hanging on launch.

The fix:

1. Launch Wine Configuration (Applications/Wine/Configure Wine)
2. Libraries tab: Select 'riched20' from the 'New Override for Library' drop-down menu. Click add.
3. Highlight 'riched20 (native,builtin) from the existing overrides list. Click edit.
4. Select the radio button entitled 'Native (Windows)'. Hit OK.
5. Hit 'OK' to exit 'Wine Configuration'.

Powerpoint should now work - worked for me.

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what version of wine are you using?

[StormRoBoT2]

This tutorial is great!!!!! Everything work fine for me!!!

I feel free to guild any one who need help with this..

thanks!!! Sooo much!!!

[StormRoBoT2]

1 last question, will it still work if i update to newer wine?